Chapter 32: Bright and No Frost
Baoyu's crib was also hung on the top of the roof beam, and a small square table was placed on the hot kang, and a few cups of boiling water were served. Four people sat cross-legged on the hot kang, chatting around the small square table.
When Zhen Wu heard that Dongye Weimin's child's nickname was Baoyu and his official name was Qingtian, he couldn't help but give Zhen Liuqi a blank look and said, "My two children are six months old. Until now, I haven't given a name yet. The child's father has never read any books, and he doesn't know what name to give!"
Zhen Liuqi scratched his scalp on the side and said with awkward smile: "Brother Jia is very knowledgeable and has a lot of literacy. Please give me a name for my children!"
Yi Lishabe was extremely envious and said, "Can we both see you two of you, the dragon and phoenix boys?"
When Zhen Liuqi heard this, he stood up, stood on the kang, untied the two cradles hanging on the roof, placed them on the kang, pointed with his hand, and said to the Dongye couple: "This one is my boy, this one is a twin girl. Brother Jia, what name should I give me?"
Dongye Weimin did not refuse, looked back and forth at the two children, and smiled, "This boy is called 'Youbing', how about it?"
Zhen Liuqi smiled and said, "Youbing sounds very catchy. I wonder what these two words say?"
Higashino Weimin explained: "The meaning of the word "Bing" means light, distinctive, and brilliance. If you form a word, bing, its meaning is light; binghuan means light is obvious; bingying means light is obvious; bingying means light is shining; bingran means light is bright, and it means light is clear; bingya means light is bright; bingya means light is bright. Therefore, the name of "youbing" means that this child can shine in the future and shine in the family and ancestors."
Zhen Wu listened, with joy on his face and said that the name was good. Zhen Liuqi also opened his mouth and could no longer close it. He smiled and said, "Brother Jia is really literary. Then my son is called this name, Zhen Youbing. What name should I give me again?"
Dongye pondered for the people and said, "Since it is a pair of twins of dragon and phoenixes, there is a word 'ye' in the boy's name, then the girl's name corresponds to a word 'no'. I see that this girl has white skin and frost, so I will take the word 'frost'. This girl is called 'wushuang'. The homonym of Wushuang is Wushuang, and another meaning refers to your pair of dragon and phoenixes and children in the world."
After hearing this, Zhen Liuqi smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit, and the corners of his mouth twitched to his cheeks. Zhen Wu was even more happy and said, "Often the villages, when they give birth to a girl, they rarely give a formal name, just a nickname. After marrying her husband, they will follow their husband's surname and usually call it XX, and they don't even have a name. I didn't expect that my daughter also has a good name today. Zhen Wushuang, this name is really nice. Thank you Brother Jia!"
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After giving two dragon and phoenix twins a good name and hanging the two cradles on the roof beam again, Yi Lishabe wanted to hear Zhen Wu say what are the other six monsters left in the eight monsters in Manzhou?
Zhen Wu smiled and said, "Actually, when it comes to the third of the Eight Monsters, when the elder brother and sister-in-law suddenly encounter my husband, have you discovered anything strange?"
Yi Lizabeth recalled for a moment and asked hesitantly: "Brother Zhen is wearing animal skin, and the fur is facing outward. Unlike the south, the fur is usually worn in the south, and the fur is usually facing inward. Does the sister-in-law mean this?"
Zhen Wu smiled and said, "That's right! Wearing a fur coat against the outside is the third of the eight monsters in Manzhou. The winter in Manzhou is usually extremely cold, with the north wind and the snow and ice, and the white hair wind that cannot be opened. If you wear the fur inside like in the south, but because you either go into the mountains or into the forest all day long, the outer leather board is often scratched by branches and thorns. Over time, the fur coat is riddled with holes, and the animal hair inside has no support, so naturally it will be
It no longer exists. So everyone tried to wear the fur coat outwards. You can't say that if it falls like this, the fur coat will be less likely to be scratched. Moreover, when it rains and snows, the rain and snow will drip down the fur, and the whole fur coat will not get wet. Therefore, especially the bosses of the car who travel far away, hunters who go up the mountain to hunt, and fishermen who fish on ice in winter, all wear the fur coat backwards, so that the snow falls on the fur naturally, otherwise the fur coat will be wet by the snow."
Seeing that Dongye and his wife were interesting to hear, Zhen Wu said: "The previous one is about convenience of use. In addition, we can also talk about it from the perspective of money. In the south, animal skin is more expensive than cloth and cotton; but in Manzhou, on the other hand, cloth and cotton are more precious than animal skin. If we fur are in, we must hang the animal skin tube onto the cloth surface and wear the fur inward, which looks very good. Unfortunately, the cost of cloth is too high and not cost-effective enough. Therefore, from the perspective of saving money, fur is the most cost-effective."
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Yi Lizabeth was very excited and smiled and said, "It's super interesting! What else are there in the eight monsters in Manzhou? Sister-in-law will tell you together!"
When Zhen Wu saw the listener's interest, he continued: "The fourth of the eight monsters in Manzhou is the fence wall of turf houses. In Manzhou's village houses, there are very few bricks and tiles. Most of the houses in the past are like this. Manzhou is a plant called sheep grass growing. It is more than one meter high and the pole diameter is like southern bamboo. It is hollow. When building a house, it is cut with a guillotine and slapped it on the house layer by layer. We call the house repair house. The grass is very smooth, so it is protected from rain and snow, so it is called the turf house. As for the courtyard wall, we use local materials, cut pine wood from the mountain, split the trunk from the middle, and set it up as a fence to become a fence. Look at the outside of my house, there are all fences with pine wood. Connect it, it is called the fence wall of the turf house of the eight monsters."
Yilizabeth nodded and said, "It is true. The southern capital city Jingling, the courtyard walls are usually piled up with blue bricks or red bricks. The roof is usually covered with tiles. Rarely, the roof is repaired. The materials used in Manzhou are indeed different." Then, "Where are there other eight monsters in Manzhou?"
Zhen Wu said again: "The fifth of the eight monsters in Manzhou, the chimney is placed next to the gable. It means that the chimney with excessive smoke standing on the gable is inseparable from the climate of Manzhou and our living room settings.
First of all, it is too cold here, and the indoor heat is entirely reliant on the kang. The kang is an important equipment for us to overcome the severe cold and survive the severe winter, so we must consider its warmth. It is cold to keep the fire pit because the firewood burns does not emit much heat. In order to make full use of the heat, the chimney is placed beside the gable to extend the direction of the fireworks and keep the heat of the firewood or grass in the kang.
Secondly, installing a chimney on the gable can also reduce the pressure on the chimney on the roof. At the same time, if a chimney is built on the room, the bottom of the chimney is often the most likely to leak and seep; the water that has snowfall in spring tends to flow into the room from the bottom of the chimney, making it easy to rot the house. Therefore, installing a chimney on the gable will reduce these troubles.
Third, because the kang in the house is large and the fire caves are long and the fireworks circulate in the holes in the kang for a long time. When the fire smoke reaches the chimney, there is no flame, so there will be no fire."
Chapter completed!